I was pretty happy with this "landscape" years ago, so I'm interested to see how Midjourney can improve on it.
If you have comments or feedback, feel free to leave it here. If you'd like to commission a custom 3D model, I can help you with that. All prompts used with the Midjourney AI model.
My original Crystal Spires image:
The first thing I did, as with all of these studies, was to use the "describe" function on the original image. This is what it came back with, but the description is slightly different every time you run it:
1️⃣ screenshot virtual forest by davion sarahe, in the style of dark aquamarine and silver, alien worlds, passage, blink-and-you-miss-it detail, spiky mounds --ar 5:4
2️⃣ a fantasy image made by a computer showing the outlines of trees in a forest, in the style of dark emerald and light aquamarine, elaborate spacecrafts, spatial environments, eroded interiors, crystalline and geological forms, dom qwek, elongated forms --ar 5:4
3️⃣ a large digital world with a forest and trees and some space, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, dansaekhwa, crystalcore, three-dimensional space --ar 5:4
4️⃣ the scene of a dark forest in a dark night sky, in the style of dark aquamarine and emerald, interlocking structures, maya lin, xbox 360 graphics, space age, crystalline and geological forms, ralph mcquarrie --ar 5:4
I somehow forgot to specify that this was supposed to be a landscape, but the results certainly are interesting!
Prompt:
a large forest of crystal trees and some space, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, three-dimensional space --v 5 --q .5
I added some shot composition specification, which got much closer.
Prompt:
a large forest of crystal trees, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, stars and galaxy in the background, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting --v 5 --q .5
Midjourney didn't pick up on the pool of liquid, so I added that to the prompt.
Prompt:
a large forest of crystal trees, pools of teal metal liquid, stars and galaxy in a black sky in the background, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting --v 5 --q .5
Not enough stars in the last one, and the pool was too prominent, so this partially addresses that. Also tried for a "cozy glade" instead of "large forest".
Prompt:
a cozy glade of crystal trees, small pool of teal metal liquid, stars and galaxy in a black sky in the background, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting --v 5 --q .5 --ar 100:162
"Cozy glade" wasn't quite right either, so went with "a clearing" and added some crystal clusters.
Prompt:
a clearing between crystal trees, small pool of teal metal liquid, stars and galaxy in a black sky in the background, clusters of quartz crystals, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting --v 5 --q .5 --ar 100:162
Last one worked pretty well, so I upped the quality.
Prompt:
a clearing between crystal trees, small pool of teal metal liquid, stars and spiral galaxy in a black sky in the background, clusters of quartz crystals, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting --v 5 --q 1.5 --ar 100:162 --s 250
Feels like the bottom left is some sort of art installation. The top left is probably the closest to my original image.
Specified a slot canyon, monumental scale, and alien worlds, which seems to have done the trick.
Prompt:
a clearing between crystal trees in a slot valley, small pool of reflective metal liquid, stars and spiral galaxy in a black sky in the background, clusters of large quartz crystals, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, eroded interiors, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting, monumental scale, alien worlds --v 5 --q .5 --ar 100:162 --s 250
The only element missing is the big crystal clusters. Also too much natural stone and plants.
So let's fix that. No natural stone. No plants. Large vertical crystals.
Prompt:
a clearing between crystal trees in a slot valley, reflective metal liquid in the foreground, clusters of large quartz crystals, Large vertical crystals, stars and spiral galaxy in a black sky in the background, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting, monumental scale, alien worlds --v 5 --q .5 --ar 100:162 --s 250 --no natural stone, plants
That's a lot more graphic design style than I was imagining, but you know what? It works!
Higher quality. And, for good measure, full of stars.
Prompt:
a clearing between crystal trees in a slot valley, reflective metal liquid in the foreground, clusters of large quartz crystals, Large vertical crystals, stars and spiral galaxy in a black sky in the background, full of stars, in the style of bronze and aquamarine, elongated forms, interlocking structures, crystalcore, low angle, wide angle, dramatic lighting, monumental scale, alien worlds --v 5 --q 1.5 --ar 100:162 --s 250 --no natural stone, plants
